Goodman v. Goodman

This suit in equity was brought by Charles H. Goodman against John A. Goodman, alleging that the complainant, as one of the heirs of Agnes Doyle, who married Benjamin Goodman, inherited an undivided fourth interest in the land described in the bill; that complainant’s nephew, John A Goodman, is the. owner by inheritance and purchase of the other three-fourths undivided interest therein, and praying for a partition.

The defendant filed an answer to the bill, which, so far as material here, is as follows: “The defendant states that he is the owner in fee, and is now in possession, of a tract of…